Encoder power consumption comparison of Distributed Video Codec and H.264/AVC in low-complexity mode

Ann Ukhanova; Evgeny Belyaev; Søren Forchhammer

Encoder power consumption comparison of Distributed Video Codec and H.264/AVC in low-complexity mode

Ann Ukhanova, Evgeny Belyaev, Søren Forchhammer

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Abstract

This paper presents a power consumption comparison of a novel approach to video compression based on distributed video coding (DVC) and widely used video compression based on H.264/AVC standard. We have used a low-complexity configuration for H.264/AVC codec. It is well-known that motion estimation (ME) and CABAC entropy coder consume much power so we eliminate ME from the codec and use CAVLC instead of CABAC. Some investigations show that low-complexity DVC outperforms other algorithms in terms of encoder side energy consumption . However, estimations of power consumption for H.264/AVC and DVC stated in this paper show that for current implementations of DVC these statements could be disputed from a power consumption/compression efficiency point of view when comparing to compression algorithms based on differential frame coding (with zero search radius for ME).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings SoftCOM
Publication date	2010
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	18th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks - Bol, Croatia Duration: 23 Sep 2010 → 25 Sep 2010 Conference number: 18

Conference

Conference	18th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks
Number	18
Country	Croatia
City	Bol
Period	23/09/2010 → 25/09/2010

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